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Scythian Farmers, Skoloti, Proto-Slavs, Rus-Ukraine
Soviet Academician Borys Rybakov, in his monograph ‘Handicraft of Ancient Rus’, wrote in 1948: “Funeral rites of the Middle Dnieper region in the 9th-10th centuries...
Chamber-Graves of Kyiv Rus: Scythian burial ritual revival
Swedish academic and Professor of archaeology Anne-Sofie Gräslund (b. 1940) in her 1980 book ‘The Burial Customs. A study of the graves on Björkö’...
Warrior in Chamber-Grave at Golden Gates in Kyiv: King Dir, ‘the...
The first known ruler of Kyiv, Dir, is mentioned in both the Primary Chronicle and a Redaction of the Novgorod First Chronicle. Although the...
Sword Hilts of Kyiv Rus: Ahead of Western Europe and Vikings...
"We have irrefutable evidence that at least the sword hilts were made in Rus cities. Regarding the peculiar hilts of the swords from...
Battle Axes of Kyiv Rus: Nearly perfect efficiency ahead of time
“Ancient Rus’ blacksmiths of the 10th-13th centuries fully mastered all the basic technical techniques of iron processing and determined the technical level of village...
Kyiv Was Powerful Capital City in the 9th Century Already: Vikings...
Soviet renowned Academician Borys Rybakov in his groundbreaking monograph the Handicrafts of Ancient Rus (1948), demonstrated the economic superiority of Kyiv Rus to contemporary...
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Kyiv vs. Moscow a millennium ago
"Gardariki, Ukraine" ebook shows how Moscow falsified historic documents, including Moscow founding by Yury Dolgoruky (the event that never happened), to steal Kyiv's legacy.
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‘Neptune’ missile strike shows strength of Ukraine’s homegrown weapons – Washington...
Soon after Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, a Ukrainian defense firm used an arms show in Kyiv to unveil its latest project:...
Wladimir Klitschko should be added to Undisputed Heavyweight Boxing Champions’ list, – LinealBoxChamp
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Vasily Ignatenko, one of the Chornobyl firefighters to die in May,...
Sergeant Vasily Ignatenko was a member of the Third Watch of Paramilitary Fire Station Number Six in Pripyat and was only 28 years old...
Kyiv in Snow
Learn of the new facts about Kyiv in Medieval history of Europe in the "Gardariki, Ukraine" e-book. For example, how did the Vikings call...
Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Gold Torque or Gryvna
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Sculptured birds on Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan
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The full story behind John Steinbeck's quote can be read here. Why borscht is a Ukrainian meal and not Russian is explained here. Borscht...
Silver Finger-Ring from 12th century Kyiv in the British Museum
Finger-ring, Kyivan Rus' / Kyivan Rus', Ukraine, Street of the Three Saints | The British Museum Images Silver finger-ring; bezel a cast disc; nielloed foliate...